Cuspidor.



PATBNTED MAY 14,' 190.7; v. Ammo.

GUsPIDoR. l

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 23, 1906.

VICTOR ARDITO, OF HOBOKN, NEW JERSEY.

CUSPIDOR.

speication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Original application tiled July 16,1 906,' Serial No. 3 2 6,417. Divided and this application filed November 23 1906. Serial No. 344,784.

To ,all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR ARDITo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification.v

This invention relates to improvements in cuspidors, and is designed as an improvement in that class of cuspidors wherein running Water is used for the purpose of cleaning and keeping the same clean and fresh, and has for its objects the provision of a rotatable funnel-plate, means for causing said funnelplate to rotate, means for automatically con* trolling the supply of water delivered to said cuspidor, and means for intermittently drawing off the water from said cuspidor.

To these ends the invention -consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of the device, as hereinafter described, illustrated in the drawing, and more particularly pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

This application is, except in certain minor details, a division of my former application No. 32c,417,n1ed July 1c, 1906.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the device, illustrating the arrangement of the parts, means for rotating the rotatable funnel-plate, a basket below said funnel-plate, means for automatically regulating the flow of water to` said funnelplate, and means for drawing off the water from said cuspidor, Figs. 2, 3,and 4 are enlar ed detail views of the device.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the body or casing of the cuspidor, and 2 supports on which said body or casing is mounted. The numeral 3 indicates an annular frame adapted to set or rest, preferably, in a seat 4 in the top edge of said cuspidor body or casing 1, as shown, and is preferably provided with a groove 5, in which are suitably mounted rollers 6, for a purpose hereinafter stated. i

The numeral 7 indicates a funnel-plate having its upper surface provided with curved corrugations S, for a purpose hereinafter stated. The under surface of said funnelplate near its outer periphery is provided with an annular groove or curved portion 9, which is adapted to set over and upon the tops of the rollers 6 in the o1roove 5 of the annular frame 3, as shown, zfor the purpose water passed through said pipe, and also for the purpose of completely cutting off such flow when, for any reason, such may be desired. The opposite end of said pipe is connected with, preferably, an annular ipe or ring 12, by a suitable hinged cut-ofi'P valve 13, said ring. or pipe being provided with a suitable aperture, or apertures, 14 through which water is thrown against the corrugations 8 upon the surface of the funnel-plate 7, for the purpose of imparting to said funnelplate a rotary movement, and also to wash said plate during said movement. Located in said pipe 10 between the valves 11 and 13 is a safety valve 15, the casing of which has an arm 16 projecting into said body or casing 1 through an opening 17 in the side wall thereof. The arm 16 is provided with a stem 18, one end of which is secured to said valve 15 and the opposite end projecting into said casing, as is evident. To the interior of the body or casing 1, adjacent to the opening 17, is a suitable bracket 19 to which is hinged a rod 20, one end of said rod being adapted to carry a iioat 21 while the opposite end thereof is ada ted to engage the stem 18 to close said va ve to cut-off the water supply from the funnel-plate.

The numeral 22 indicates a siphon ou'tlet .pipe for drawing off the Water from the interior of said cuspidor, when such water rises therein to the siphoning point.

The numeral 23 indicates a suitable strainer or basket removably mounted in said cuspidor below .the funnel-plate and above the highest possible level that the water can reach in said body or casing, and is for the purpose of catching and retaining solids, such as matches, cigars, etc., to prevent them falling to the bottom of the cuspidor, and eventually being carried off through the drain pipe, thus greatly reducing the liability of said drain pipe becoming clogged or stopped up. It frequently happens, however, in this class of cuspidors that the basket or strainer fails to wholly retain the solids, in which event they pass to the bottom of the receptacle and are drawn 'into the outlet IOO IIO

. fore an overl'low can possibly occur.

pipe and cause it to become choked or clogged, and consequently the Water flowing into the cuspidor would soon overllow and pass with all its ilth onto the floor, and this certainty of overflow, in the event of clogging of the drain pipe is the chief, and as far as I am aware, the only objection to this class of cuspidors. To overcome this objection I have provided the automatically operated valve 15 and its operating mechanism which will eilectually cut-oil the l'low of water be- If it be desired to remove the rotary funnel-plate the annular ring or pipe 12 is swung up out of its position above said funnel, which action by reason of the hinged cut-oil valve Will stop the low of water into said ring or pipe 12, and permit the removel of said funnel-plate, without the necessity of operating the emergency valve l1, as is evident.

The operation or' the device :is apparent and a further description thereof is thought to be unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention what I claim isw l. In a cuspidor ofthe character described., the combination with a body or casing having a seat in its upper top edge, and a drainpipe in its bottom, an annular frame having rollers mounted therein seated in said seat in the top of said body or casing, and a funnel-plate mounted over said casing on and carried by the rollers in said annular frame, of a Water supply adapted to project a jet of water against said funnel-plate to cause the same to rotate.

2. In a cuspidor ol' the character described,

. the combination with a body or easing baving a seat in its upper top edge, and a drain pipe in its bottom, an annular frame having rollers mounted therein seated in said. seat in the top of said body or asing, and a funnel plate mounted over said casing on and earried by the rollers in said annular Vl'rame, olEv a water supply, and an annular water distributing ring having apertures therein and eonnected with said water supply by a. pivotal cut-oil valve, nornlally setting over and. above said funnel-plate, and adapted to project a jet7 or jets, ot water againstsaid tnnnelplate to cause the same to rotate.

3. In a cuspidor ol.E the character described, the combination witli a body or easing baving a seat in its upper top edge and. a drain pipe in its bottom, an annular `l'ranie seated in said seat, rollers mounted in said l'ralne, and a funnel-plate having its eoncav e snrlaee corrugated mounted over the top ol said casing and carried by said rollers .mounted in said annular frame, ol a water supplj adapted to proj eet a jet of water against said funnel-plate to cause the same to rotate.

In testimony whereof I allx my signature, in presence ol' two witnesses.

. VICTOR ARDITO.

I/Vitnesses FREDERICK KARDEL, Jol-IN COOKE. 

